Digital ID

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2018
Supreme Court in Russia ruled Telegram must provide FSB encryption keys

A Supreme Court in Russia ruled Telegram must provide the FSB with encryption keys to access users’ messaging data to avoid being blocked. Bad news for Telegram, a Supreme Court in Russia ruled the company must provide the FSB with encryption keys to access users’ messaging data. If Telegram will refuse to comply the request the authorities […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2018
Facebook confirms Cambridge Analytica stole its data and used it to influence US voters

The commercial data analytics company Cambridge Analytica allegedly used data harvested by Facebook to target US voters in the 2016 Presidential election. A team of academics had collected a huge amount of user data and shared the information with Cambridge Analytica which is a commercial data analytics company that allegedly used it to target US […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2018
VPN leaks affect 3 Major VPN vendors, only Hotspot Shield promptly fixed it

The website VPNMentor discovered that IP leak issues in three major VPN vendors, only Hotspot Shield VPN promptly fixed it. The website VPNMentor decided to hire a group of hackers to test popular virtual private networks (VPN) for vulnerabilities that can pose risk for the users. The results of the tests revealed that the solutions evaluated by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2018
Study confirms the trade of code-signing certificates is a flourishing business

According to a new study conducted by American and Czech researchers, the trade of code-signing certificates is a flourishing business. Code-signing certificates are precious commodities in the dark web, according to a new study conducted by American and Czech researchers and Symantec Labs technical director Christopher Gates their trade is a flourishing business. The experts pointed out […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2018
Cryptocurrency mining operations target Windows Server, Redis and Apache Solr servers online

Researchers from the ISC SANS group and the Anti-DDoS company Imperva discovered two distinct campaigns targeting Windows Server, Redis and Apache Solr servers online. Last week new mining campaigns targeted unpatched Windows Server, Apache Solr, and Redis servers, attackers attempted to install the cryptocurrency miner Coinminer. Two campaigns were spotted by researchers from the ISC SANS group and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2018
ComboJack Malware alters Windows clipboards to steal cryptocurrencies and payments

Palo Alto Networks discovered a malware dubbed ComboJack that is able of detecting when users copy a cryptocurrency address and alter clipboards to steal cryptocurrencies and payments. Crooks continue to focus their interest in cryptocurrencies, security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have spotted a strain of malware dubbed ComboJack that is able of detecting when users […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2018
Facebook improves link security infrastructure by implementing HSTS Preloading

Facebook has implemented HSTS preloading that instructs a browser to always use SSL/TLS to communicate with eligible websites. Facebook has upgraded its link security infrastructure to include HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) preloading that instructs a browser to always use SSL/TLS to communicate with eligible websites. Facebook and Instagram links will automatically update from HTTP […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2018
Bitcoin-linked heist: thieves stolen 600 powerful computers in Iceland

Thieves steal 600 powerful computers in a huge heist in Iceland with the intent to use them for mining Bitcoin. Cyber criminal organization continue to show a great interest in cryptocurrencies, the number of crimes against cryptocurrency industry is on the rise. News of the day is that crooks have stolen 600 powerful computers from data centers […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2018
Equifax confirmed additional 2.4 Million identifies affected by security breach

The results of the forensic investigation on the massive Equifax hack revealed additional 2.4 Million identities were involved in the security incident. The massive Equifax hack made the headlines again, new revelations about the security breach emerge in the last hours. The credit bureau company announced this week it identified an additional 2.4 million American consumers affected by […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2018
Changes in Apple’s iCloud Security Policies and Argument of China

Changes in Apple’s iCloud Security Policies – Apple announced to relocating the encryption key for users data in China; from the United States of America to some country in Asia! The latest chaos in the digital world regarding Apple has stricken like a bullet, as the iPhone manufacturer announced to relocating the encryption key for […]